#IDMG STANDARD CODE#

This division includes compressed gas, liquefied gas, pressurized cryogenic gas, compressed gas in solution, asphyxiant gas and oxidizing gas. Includes the cryogenic gases/liquids (temperatures of below -100☌) used for cryopreservation and rocket fuels. Gases which are neither flammable nor poisonous. Flammable gas means any material which is ignitable at 101.3 kPa (14.7 psi) when in a mixture of 13 percent or less by volume with air, or has a flammable range at 101.3 kPa (14.7 psi) with air of at least 12 percent regardless of the lower limit. Gases which ignite on contact with an ignition source, such as acetylene and hydrogen. This division is comprised of articles which contain only extremely insensitive detonating substances and which demonstrate a negligible probability of accidental initiation or propagation. Subclass 1.6 : Extremely insensitive articlesĬonsists of extremely insensitive articles which do not have a mass explosive hazard. This division is comprised of substances which have a mass explosion hazard but are so insensitive that there is very little probability of initiation or of transition from burning to detonation under normal conditions of transport. Subclass 1.5: An insensitive substance with a mass explosion hazardĬonsists of very insensitive explosives with a mass explosion hazard (explosion similar to 1.1). An external fire must not cause virtually instantaneous explosion of almost the entire contents of the package. The explosive effects are largely confined to the package and no projection of fragments of appreciable size or range is to be expected. Subclass 1.4 : Minor fire or projection hazardĬonsists of explosives that present a minor explosion hazard.

Subclass 1.2 : Explosives with a severe projection hazardĬonsists of explosives that have a projection hazard but not a mass explosion hazard.Ĭonsists of explosives that have a fire hazard and either a minor blast hazard or a minor projection hazard or both but not a mass explosion hazard. A mass explosion is one which affects almost the entire load instantaneously. Subclass 1.1 : Explosives with a mass explosion hazardĬonsists of explosives that have a mass explosion hazard.

#IDMG STANDARD CODE#

As of 1st January 2004, the IMDG Code has become a mandatory requirement.įor all modes of transport (sea, air, rail, road and inland waterways) the classification (grouping) of dangerous goods, by type of risk involved, has been drawn up by the UNITED NATIONS Committee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods (UN). Relevant parts of both SOLAS and MARPOL have been worked out in great detail and are included in the International Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMDG) Code, thus making this Code the legal instrument for maritime transport of dangerous goods and marine pollutants.

The Carriage of dangerous goods and marine pollutants in sea-going ships is respectively regulated in the International Convention for the Safety of the Life at Sea (SOLAS) and the International Convention for the Prevention of pollution from Ships (MARPOL). The International Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMDG) Code was developed as a uniform international code for the transport of dangerous goods by sea covering such matters as packing, container traffic and stowage, with particular reference to the segregation of incompatible substances.

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